GRAY  J.M.

Given Names:  John Millyard

               

Service Number:  2799

Unit:  7th Battalion, 9th reinforcements                                                                             

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  18 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Upholsterer                                                                                                

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7½ In                  

Weight:  132 Lbs

Chest:  33-35 In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Hazel

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  25/6/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  John Howard Gray

45 Fitzwilliam Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  10/9/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Star of Victoria A16

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

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Unit:  59th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  7331

British War Medal:  18228

Victory Medal:  18158

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  4/3/1897

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  John Howard GRAY                    

Mother:  Jessie Eliza MILLYARD

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 19/7/1916                          

Place: Fromelles, France                         

Burial:  No known grave

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Presumed buried in No Man's Land

 

MEMORIALS

Auburn State School

Kew War Memorial

Australian War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

VC Corner, Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France

Memorial Plaque: 329818

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

Yes

 

Kew Rotary